From the Mouth of Pat Robertson

[Midwest_Doc]

"maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up," referring to the nickname for the department's headquarters in Washington." October 2003

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," 3 days ago

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Praise the lord and pass the ammunition!

[Roland99]

1. Nice op/ed: Extreme Politics: American fatwa

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/237862_pated.asp

There are varying levels of obscenity in televangelist Pat Robertson's suggestion that an elected Latin American president, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, should be killed. Robertson's already trying to back off, claiming that his phrase "take him out" could mean a lot of things. You bet. It's sort of like the fight over the meaning of "is."

Come on. The meaning was clear. Robertson's "700 Club" show (although carried by ABC Family Channel) deserves a soft-core, single-X rating for trying to revive the U.S. practice of targeting foreign leaders for assassination. Consider the show a harsher double-X for the way it will suggest to some around the world that Christianity might be a religion rooted in blood lust rather than charity.

But mark his broadcast XXX for its explicit depiction of extremist influence in American political life. Robertson was a legitimate candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. In 1988, Washington state sent the most pro-Robertson delegation to the party's national convention in New Orleans.

Night after night, Robertson prattles on over national TV, promoting a bizarre view of world news. He's not the only embarrassingly extreme religious-political manipulator in the world, but he's ours.

[sarcasmo]

2. He is not mine. Atheist here who does not care about fairy tale

preachers. Have you seen the tooth fairy? Have you seen the Easter Bunny? Have you seen Jesus? All fairy tales, with Jesus the right just want to make you fear that fairy tale.

[Roland99]

3. I think by "ours" he meant America, in general

I'm an atheist, too, but I'm still embarrassed this asshat is given the camera time he gets.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Did Robertson and the the other reverends create the right wing or

did the right wing concoct and fashion fanatics. Their symbiotic relationship is a perfect match? They feed off each other in the most vile acts and against all decency of the majority of Americans.

Every borderline thinker and lover of justice in this country needs to know how dangerous these people are.

They are now making it really easy for all of us to see the lies, theft, death, and allegiances. What is at the core is the use and abuse of the citizens of this country for their ungodly profit for themselves and the control of the rest of us.